Charles Pankow Builders Ltd. has broken ground on the renovation and modernization of the existing 12-acre Civic Mall in downtown Los Angeles.Pankow was selected by the Grand Avenue Park Development LLC, which is developing Civic Park for the county of Los Angeles. Completion is scheduled for June 20, 2012. Pankow managed the preconstruction and is providing construction services for the $56-million project, which includes the reconfiguration of the circular garage ramps off of Grand Avenue, remodeling and upgrades to the historic Arthur J. Will Memorial fountain, and extensive improvements to the landscape, hardscape, stairs and ramps, irrigation. In addition, the
McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. and architect HOK joined California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in a public ceremony this week to start work on America�s first �Health and Wellness City� at the former March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County. Named �March LifeCare Campus, the 10-year, $3.3-billion construction project will encompass 246 acres, housing some 6 million sq ft of health related structures, including a hospital, medical office buildings, retail, a hotel, a continuing care retirement community, wellness centers and healing gardens as well as facilities for veterans, skilled nursing, spiritual healing and ambulatory care. Governor Schwarzenegger summed up the significance of
Work on track relocation, a pair of bridges and two roadways continues at the 240-acre Railyards project in Sacramento despite a pending foreclosure. In June, Illinois-based Inland American Real Estate Trust initiated foreclosure proceedings against Atlanta-based Thomas Enterprises after the developer defaulted on $187 million in loans. Thomas Enterprises has 120 days to repay or renegotiate the loans. In the meantime, North Highlands-based MCM Construction Inc. and subcontractors Sacramento-based Teichert Construction and West Sacramento-based Alling Iron Works continue work on a cast-in-place, prestressed box girder bridge on 5th Street. More than 100 piles are in place. Concrete for the southern
The Transbay Joint Powers Authority reports that the official opening date of the Transbay Temporary Terminal and the closing of the existing Transbay Terminal will occur on Aug. 7, and at the same time work will start on the demolition of the existing terminal, which was built in 1939. The Transbay Temporary Terminal, located on Howard and Main streets, will serve as the temporary bus facility until the completion of the new Transbay Transit Center at First and Mission streets in 2017. According to the TJPA, Livermore-based Evans Brothers is the demolition contractor, a joint venture of Webcor/Obayashi is the
Casa Dominguez, a new mixed-use, affordable development built with neighborhood transformation in mind, has just been awarded LEED for Homes platinum certification. photo credit: Jeromy Roberts It is the first multifamily housing in Los Angeles County to achieve such distinction. (It is also the sixth LEED for Homes certified platinum multifamily project in California, the 13th for affordable multifamily developments in the U.S. and the 20th for multifamily projects in general in the country.) �There is such a minuscule number of projects of this nature in the entire world to receive such recognition as LEED platinum status. This is a
More than two weeks ahead of schedule, McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. has completed construction of the new 279,000-sq-ft Rady Children�s Hospital Acute Care Pavilion in the Kearny Mesa area of San Diego. Rady Children's Hospital Designed by the San Francisco office of Anshen+Allen, the new $260-million Acute Care Pavilion is the first acute care facility in the state to meet the rigorous standards for quality and safety mandated by the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD), while also achieving the level of occupant health and environmental sustainability required to earn LEED-certified status. The facility will be equipped and
The BART Board of Directors last week reaffirmed its commitment to building the proposed $484-million Oakland Airport Connector, a train-to-plane connection between the Coliseum BART Station and the Oakland Airport, even though the federal government in February withdrew $70 million in stimulus funds. BART Board Approves New Oakland Airport Connector Funding Plan Last Wednesday, BART�s general manager received a letter from the Federal Transit Administration commending the agency for its efforts to address Title VI of the Civil Rights Act requirements. The withdrawal of funds postponed award of the contracts that were intended to take place at the end of
Associated General Contractors of California contractor and associate members descended on Sacramento last month for the association�s annual Legislative Day. Diane Keltner, Synergy Electric Company and President of AGC-SD with Bob Christenson, Panattoni Construction Inc. and President of AGC-California, are pictured on AGC�s Legislative Day. Gerry DiIoli, Herzog Contracting Corp., with Tom Holsman, CEO of AGC of California, Dave Ackerman, AGC Advocate, and Assembly Speaker John P�rez (D-Los Angeles) Pictured on a Legislative Day visit to the capitol are Josh Hunter, Blach Construction; Todd Temple, Hensel Phelps; Assemblyman Jim Beall (D-San Jose); Don Love, Quality Landscape; Jim Campbell, Campbell Enterprises;
After the skeleton of a planned 48-story luxury condominium languished for more than a year on prime Oahu land, San Diego-based developer OliverMcMillan resuscitated the $284-million mixed-use project to include retail, entertainment and 492 market rate and moderate income residential units. After the skeleton of a planned 48-story luxury condominium languished for more than a year on prime Oahu land, San Diego-based developer OliverMcMillan resuscitated the $284-million mixed-use project to include retail, entertainment and 492 market rate and moderate income residential units. In April, the Honolulu office of Ledcor Construction Hawaii, working with Architects Hawaii Ltd. and Baldridge & Associates
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors this week voted 8-3 to approve the environmental impact report for the 720-acre Hunters Point Shipyard redevelopment project, a major step in the progress of developer Lennar�s decade-long endurance test. The board is scheduled to vote for final approval of the project on July 27. Just prior to the board meeting, the San Francisco City Controller released an economic impact report on the project. Among the many benefits, the report found that at buildout, the project is expected to increase the city�s property tax base by approximately $11 billion, contribute $6.4 billion to $6.6
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